Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Sub-Division. | Number. | Per 1000 Population. | Per cent. of Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
West | 71 | 1.15 | 8.0 |
South | 68 | 1.21 | 8.1 |
East | 60 | 1.00 | 6.1 |
North | 54 | 0.90 | 6.5 |
St. Pancras | 253 | 1.07 | 7.1 |
London | 6599 | 1.35 | 9.8 |
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY.
Throwing the Birth and Death-Rates of the Sub-Districts in the foregoing tables into one table, we obtain this result:—
Sub-Districts. | Birth Rate. | Total Death Rate from all causes. | Death Rates from | Death Rates per 1000 Births. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phthisis | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Under 1 Year. | Under 5 years. | |||
West | 24.2 | 14.7 | 1.32 | 3.10 | 0.27 | 1.15 | 125.7 | 182.5 |
South | 18.2 | 14.9 | 1.82 | 2.52 | 0.26 | 1.21 | 128.4 | 200.0 |
East | 27.6 | 16.5 | 1.61 | 3.40 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 114.7 | 160.9 |
North | 23.2 | 13.8 | 1.38 | 2.84 | 0.21 | 0.90 | 94.2 | 154.0 |
St. Pancras | 23.4 | 15.0 | 1.53 | 2.97 | 0.26 | 1.07 | 115.0 | 172.2 |
ANNUAL BIRTH-RATES AND DEATH-RATES DURING 1908.*
Localities. | Annual rates per 1000 living. | Infant mortality:— Annual Death-Rate of Infants under one year per 1000 births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from seven chief epidemic diseases. | ||
England and Wales | 26.5 | 14.7 | 1.29 | 121 |
76 great towns | 26.9 | 15.8 | 1.59 | 129 |
142 smaller towns | 26.0 | 14.7 | 1.28 | 124 |
Rural England and Wales | 26.3 | 13.8 | 0.98 | 110 |
* These rates are subject to revision.